1786 in Norway
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Events in the year 1786 in Norway.
See also:1786 in Denmark
List of years in Norway
List of years in Norway
Incumbents
Events
- The trade with Iceland is opened to all Danish and Norwegian traders.
- 2 October - Lofthusreisingen begins, a large peasant revolt in South Norway.
Births
- 15 May - Johan Bülow Wamberg, politician, (d.1852)
- 26 May - Engebret Soot, canal engineer (d.1859)
- 29 June - Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow, bishop (d.1866)
Full date unknown
- Samuel Mathiassen Føyn, ship-owner and politician (d.1854)
Deaths
- 18 February â Ludvig Daae, priest and landowner (born 1723).
Full date unknown
- Anders Olsen, trader, explorer and colonial administrator (born 1718)
